Reversible scraper.



lv 'x May Patente 5. of Weshingtori, l-

.13e it ti. o citizen-oi the Frances, in ehe Soro-MON A. Scene, States, residing' et Pacific and State "entes certain newY c i "evei'sible owing is e speciand v:useful Scrapers, oiffezbicm .icetlom 4 y This invention relates to ssoops o1 graders and is especially eegtedoor use in herd met i f Quitting edge.

sharpened bla-:les it The* objectief .f'entioii is to provide a; reversible scoop oi grader which is :it the 'sa-me 'time eeieii", durable and ecosomicel of menuiaceure. i

, 'The invention consists in the construction and combination oi parte which will be incre fully described herein and pointed out in the sppended claims.

Figure 1 is e perspective View of my n- 1 yofk sheet et el orjother suiteblen'mteriel formging-asomo, blezde or louclree QQ which lis bolted to sanpletes and presents .e concave -fsurecetowerd ibo front end 'of the grader. vv-Iiform ehgle ends on the scoop blade or bucket for the purpose of :lesteoing it to the side plates7 es shown et preferito et- -tiich/the scoop blade or bucket tothe side pltes by bolts shown on tbe drawings at 4p Qn the cutting edge ofthe transverse plete I lace e plurality of sharpened cutting teet 5 which extend e slight distance jbeyond the front* edge of said plete'. These `teeth. may be mede separately and bolted to the plete or mey be mede integral therel .-"with. These teeth :ire braced by e' plete 6 V. 'yvliicli is bolted to the underside ci? the trans- Verse plete 2. l brecetbe ends of .the said `pistes by e secixig' bei' 'E'.

g provide runners 8 which ere 'bolted to the 1; 'sigle plates SiV @short distance below the up- Rer. edge thereof, es silos-1n the drawings iat 9,4A "The reveal edges l or the side plates Specification of Letters Patent.

tion et its lower edge y A scraper comprising e pair oi' plone y 'Scoop si* Wilhelms gi-ader by ineens of yolie strands 13 and 14 and l end 16 which ere attached to the ends of the said cables in any suit-able manner. l also provide en additional cable i7 connecting the ends of the cables l and. l2 for the purpose of relieving the side plate of the scoop or scraper from the strain which would otherwise necessarily fell upon them by 'reason of the weight and draft of the said cables in the operation of the scoop or grader.

lt will be readily understood that a draft applied to cable ll' with the scoop or grader in the position shown in Fig. l of the drewings, will cause the teeth 5' to bite into the ground and the scoop blade or bucket Will scoop up the earth end carry it to the dumping' peint, and that e draft applied to cable l2 in 'the opposite direction Will cause the scoop to turn over on its runners by reason of their rounded ends and stort backen its return trip through the connection of yoke strands l5 end 16.

lsving thusdV-scribed my invention what l claim es new and desire to secure by lieta ters Potent is:`

l. A scraper comprising e pair of plane side 'Walls having rounded roer ends upon which seid scraper is adopted to roll when its direction of movement is reversed, e pair of runners .inwardly extending from seid side walls and lying below the upper edge of seid side Wells, whereby the portions of the side vielle which extend above seid runners s to prevent lateral movement of the sc eper, tee resi' eods of seid runners being curved to conform to the curvature of' litented hier t 21. i/

pli-'location les. September 9, i913, Serial Walls end rigidly shined thereto, seid scoop element being provided with cutting 130i-,

side Wells having rounded roer ends upon which tbe scraper is adopted to'roll when its direction oi' movement is reversed, a. pair of runners inwardly extending from seid side walls and lying below thewupper edge of seid side-Wells? whereby the portions of the side wells which extend above said runnersl serve to preventleteml movement of Y .the roerende of seid.Wellse end e cui-ved lio medie? yof said Walls2 a curved scoop element exelement being' provided with a. cutting portion at ite lower edge, and the upper portion` of Said scoop element terminating :gerne die tance short of said runners,

8. A. scraper comprising a pair of planey side Walls having; rounded rear `ends upon WhCh. $1718, lper'ie adapted to roll When, its

direction of movement is reversed, a pair of runners inwardly extending from said side Walls and lyingn below the upper edge of said side W'lls, whereby the portions of the eide Walls which extend above said runners serve to prevent lateral movement 'of the scraper, the rear ends of said runners being` curved to conform to the eurvature of the rear ends tending between. said side Walls and rigidly alX'edthe1eto,eaid scoop element being pro-- vided with a cutting portion at its lower edge, and the upper portion of said scoop element terminating some distance short of seid i;unneis, and a pair of cables, one of said 'cabine being attached to the lower for :25 Ward edgeslof said side Walls and the other of said cables beingattached to the forward Yportions of said runners.

Il. A'grader having sides the rear ends of which are formedon` the arc ofacircle and 3o carrying a scoop :formed on the arc of a circle having a smaller diameter and havin two independent cables attached to the for?" Ward end thereof in such a manner` es to cause the grader to turn overu on itself 35 when a draft is applied to one ont t e cables.

I n testimony WhereofI alix my signature in the presence of tvgej lwitnesses. v

I SQLQMON AMSOULE.'

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